Aren’t we tired of talking about this so-called drive towards ‘digital disruption’ yet? It appears not, but there might still a few fresh themes and avenues to explore. Let’s remember, 100 years ago (during the second industrial revolution), firms still had a Chief Electricity Officer (CEO) to handle this new thing called electricity.

Today at HIMSS16, CRM platform Salesforce announced the general availability of Salesforce Health Cloud, a patient relationship management solution enabling providers to deliver more personalized care starting at $150 per user, per month. Health Cloud puts all patient information in one place, including a Timeline view, demographic and family information and a functional diagram of the extended care team.

In a fascinating presentation that Ed Anuff, SVP product strategy at Apigee gave at the APIs in FinTech API Summit, he pointed out a massive disconnect between the way that Silicon Valley Companies operate compared with the rest of the world that often tries to imitate them. The problem: Outside of Silicon Valley companies pay lip service to the type of iterations that are part of the way Silicon Valley works, but THEY ALMOST NEVER FUND THEM.

Silicon Valley companies move fast and have essentially learned how to rebuild a car while going 100 miles per hour. Unfortunately, many of the practices that enable this rapid speed violate the core assumptions in industries like financial services. Facebook’s motto: “Move fast, break things” doesn’t really work in a heavily regulated environment that serves as the backbone to our economy.

Smart connected devices are winning over new enthusiasts at an average rate of more than 2 million people per month, according to survey-based research published by Apigee. The resulting "Digital Impact Survey 2015: Digital Is Destiny" report states that IT should take advantage of the seemingly endless user appetite for all things digital.